The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
He Lord Northcliffe aspired to power instead of influence, and as a result forfeited both.
Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman. . . never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
History gets thicker as it approaches recent times.
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned.
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories